Clinical Correlations in Anesthesiology

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Course Description: This course is designed to provide senior medical students a comprehensive experience and understanding in caring for and managing patients encountered in preoperative, operative and recovery room anesthesia setting. This course consists of a four-week sequence of curricular activities focusing on medical knowledge and clinical skills in the clinical application of anesthesiology. Each day, the student will be assigned to a faculty member. Under his/her guidance, the student will evaluate a patient, design an anesthetic, conduct the anesthetic, and evaluate the patient’s postoperative care. As more skill and understanding are gained, more responsibility for the care of the patient will be delegated. The student will be able to request one or two four-day blocks of the following subspecialties: cardiac, thoracic, pediatric, neurosurgery, intensive care unit, or acute regional nerve blocks. The student will work one day per week at the chronic pain interventional clinic. Goals: The purpose of this elective is for senior medical students to build a comprehensive understanding and manage anesthesia patients from the preoperative, operative to the recovery room setting, as well as evaluate at-risk patient for potential adverse outcomes. Objectives: Upon completion of this elective course, the student will be able to apply specific knowledge and skills to manage patients in a preoperative, operative and recovery room anesthesia setting. Develop an understanding and application of the following: Techniques of preoperative evaluation to recognize those patients and situations that post an increased anesthetic risk. Optimal preoperative therapy for such patients to minimize risk. The characteristics of commonly used anesthetic agents and techniques and their risks and complications, The principles and skills involved in airway management, intraoperative fluid therapy, and the proper use of intraoperative monitors.